Burma’s President’s Office sent a warning on Wednesday to a media company who they allege gave a large monetary gift to a government official during Burma’s Thingyan festival last week.
The statement released by the office reported that a media company took part in the annual Thingyan New Year water festival in Naypyidaw by staging a pavilion and inviting ministerial officials to the performances that followed.
The announcement did not mention the media company’s name.
“Among them was a personal assistant of a ‘VIP’ who was given a package filled with five million kyats as present [by the media company],” the statement said.
It added that the individual later found the money upon inspection and complained about it to his senior officer.
President’s Office Minister Aung San Suu Kyi released guidelines on gifts for civil servants on April 4, barring any government employee from accepting anything worth more than 25,000 kyats, or just over US$20, in an attempt to fight against rampant corruption in the country. (Courtesy of Rohingya Vision TV)
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